Pgadmin
CVE-2022-0959
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling File type validation, storage isolation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Command and Control, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could upload malicious files that can be executed on the server by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate file types server-side, store uploads outside webroot, use random filenames, scan for malware.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in pypi
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Unrestricted File Upload (CWE-434), which allows attackers to upload malicious files that can be executed on the server. A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write. Affected products include: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing users’ sessions in the session handling
pgAdmin <= 8.4 is affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability through the validate binary path API. Rated cr
The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external Post
pgAdmin versions 8.11 and earlier are vulnerable to a security flaw in OAuth2 authentication. Rated medium severity (CVS
Remote code execution in pgAdmin 4 (versions up to and including 9.9) lets an attacker who can get a crafted PLAIN-forma
SQL injection sandbox escape in pgAdmin 4's AI Assistant (versions 9.13 through 9.16) lets an attacker break out of the
OS command injection in pgAdmin 4 (all versions before 9.18) lets an authenticated user with the commonly-granted tools_
pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. Rated medium severity (CVS
Cross-tenant credential theft in pgAdmin 4 (9.0 through 9.16) lets an authenticated non-owner user hijack another user's
pgAdmin <= 9.1 is affected by a security vulnerability with Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1
Command injection in pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 on Windows allows an attacker who can supply a crafted file path to th
GitHub PoC
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